All-Star pitcher Cuellar passes away

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Former Baltimore pitcher Mike Cuellar died on Friday of stomach cancer at the Orlando Regional Medical Centeryouth mlb jerseys, The Baltimore Sun reported. He was 72. Cuellar, a four-time All-Star, helped pitch the Orioles into the World Series in three consecutive years (1969-71). He closed out the 1970 championship with a win over Cincinnati in Game 5. "Mike was a monstrous part of the great teams we had from 1969 to 1971," Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver told the papermlb football jerseys. "He was an artist on the mound and a player [whose acquisition] put us over the top. Several times, down the stretch, he pitched with two days' rest, when we needed it." Cuellar, known for a sharp screwballcheap nfl jerseys, is a member of the Orioles Hall of Fame, and in 1969, he became the first Baltimore pitcher to win the American League Cy Young Award, sharing the honor with Detroit's Denny McLain. The left-hander won 143 games with the Orioles and lost 88. In franchise history, he ranks second in complete games, with 133, and third in shutouts, with 30. His last victory for Baltimore came in 1976, when he was 39. "To watch him pitch was amazingwholesale mlb jerseys," Orioles reliever Dick Hall told the Baltimore Sun. "It seemed like every time hitters took a pitch, it was right at the knees for a strike, and if they swung, it wasn't." Overallcheap nhl jersey, Cuellar went 185-130 with a 3.14 ERA for his career, which began in 1959 with Cincinnati and ended in 1977 with the Angels. "Miguel was a magician out there," Boog Powell said. "He made hitters look comical, like they could have swung three times before the ball got there. A couple of times, I almost had to call time out because I was laughing my head off. "I adored the way he pitched and loved playing behind him. It was fun, like when you were a kid. You felt like yelling, 'Hey, batta, batta, batta ...' "